The alleged targeting and censoring of conservatives on Facebook’s trending news feed, which may have reminded some of the accused IRS’ targeting of conservative groups, resulted in Mark Zuckerberg calling a meeting with leading conservatives.

As Western Journalism reported, former Facebook employees working in the multi-billion dollar corporation’s newsroom reported censorship taking place and alleged some stories from groups like Black Lives Matter were injected into the news feed to make it appear the story was trending. There was even a reported blacklist of names of individuals whose stories would not be published.

The whistle blowing accusations from former insiders resonated with charges of political bias on the part of Facebook.

Zuckerberg, evidently concerned his company’s reputation was being tarnished, called an urgent meeting with more than a dozen leading conservatives.

In a Facebook post as a follow-up to the meeting, Zuckerberg acknowledged both Trump and Fox News have more of a following than any other candidate and news organization but admitted, “Still, I know many conservatives don’t trust that our platform surfaces content without a political bias.”

That comment could be a direct response to the Gizmodo article alleging bias.

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“I wanted to hear their concerns personally and have an open conversation about how we can build trust,” Zuckerberg wrote, referencing his invited guests were all conservative. “I want to do everything I can to make sure our teams uphold the integrity of our products.”

Noticeably absent from the meeting, yet whose name was present on the alleged blacklist of individuals whose stories Facebook would not publish, was conservative blogger Steven Crowder. As Western Journalism reported, Crowder is planning to sue Facebook over its alleged censorship of his organization, having already filed court proceedings in Texas against the company.